July 6 Calendar

Saturday

Jul 6, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Bring Calendar information to 30 E. First Ave., email it to calendar@the-dispatch.com, or mail it to The Calendar, The Dispatch, P.O. Box 908, Lexington, 27293 so it is at The Dispatch one week prior to its publication date. Include an address for the event. Events listed below are in Lexington, unless otherwise noted. For publication of church and nonprofit yard sales, please call classified advertising at 249-1637.

Bring Calendar information to 30 E. First Ave., email it to calendar@the-dispatch.com, or mail it to The Calendar, The Dispatch, P.O. Box 908, Lexington, 27293 so it is at The Dispatch one week prior to its publication date. Include an address for the event. Events listed below are in Lexington, unless otherwise noted. For publication of church and nonprofit yard sales, please call classified advertising at 249-1637.Davidson County Young Marines will host an open house at 6:30 p.m. Monday at AMVETS Post 13, Marco Drive.Democratic Women of Davidson County will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Church, 419 S. Main St. Linda Sutton with Democracy North Carolina will speak. All Democrat women are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Faye Powell at 476-1247.The Genealogical Society of Davidson County will hold its quarterly meeting at 7 p.m. July 15. Meeting location will be in the educational building at First Reformed United Church of Christ, East Center Street. Speaker will be Larry Cates, High Point Library Heritage Research Center. Topic will be "Hard Scrabble: Finding Your Poor and Landless Ancestors." The meeting is free and open to the public.The American Cancer Society will host a cancer prevention study-3 kick-off from 7-9 a.m. July 15 at Monkee Brewz, 32 E. Main St., Thomasville. CPS-3 representatives will be at the location to educate participants about CPS-3 and will help them enroll. For more information, visit www.cps3davidson.org or contact Rebecca Sink or Allyson Ross at 834-3354.The American Cancer Society will host a cancer prevention study-3 kick-off & Night of Hope from 6 to 8 p.m. July 16 at Sweet Peas Food & Fun Emporium, 109 N. Main St. CPS-3 representatives will be at the location to educate participants about CPS-3 and will help them enroll. For more information, visit www.cps3davidson.org or contact Rebecca Sink or Allyson Ross at 834-3354.Denton Ladies Civitan will host the Fifth Annual "I Am Woman" event July 16 at the Central United Methodist Church Hut/Activity Building, located on the corner of Bingham and First streets in Denton. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. with the program beginning at 10. Guest speaker will be North Carolina head coach and 2013 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame recipient Sylvia Hatchell. A "Queen for the Day" will be selected (by ticket drawing) and receive her entry fee back. Those sitting with her will be her "court" and receive special prizes also. Raffles will be held throughout the day. There will be a song and music contest and a joke telling session by anyone who would like to participate. Sarah Morris will display and sell her vintage and antique ware in her new business known as Camellia's. Lunch will be catered by Rick's Restaurant. Tickets are pre-sale only at a cost of $25 each and are available by calling Carla Carrick at 250-1746, Kelly Young at 250-9171 or any Denton Civitan. Proceeds from the "I Am Woman" Fun Day go to Boys and Girls Homes of Lake Waccamaw and breast cancer patients in Davidson County.Meadowview Presbyterian Church will host a blood drive from 2 to 6:30 p.m. July 23 in the worship center. Call the church office to schedule an appointment at 249-2680.Governments And GroupsThe Lexington Rotary Club meets from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. every Tuesday at the J. Smith Young YMCA. For further information, visit the website at www.lexingtonrotary.com or contact Rusty Hunt at 224-4650.Preschoolers story time takes place at the Lexington Library for 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds from 10:30 to 11 a.m. each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Toddlers meet from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Bedtime story hour is held from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Bookventures and afterschool program for children in kindergarten through fifth grade takes place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. Call 242-2040 for more information.